In real life leaders need to prioritize how to allocate scarce resources to deal with a host of terrible problems. Philanthropists in forming foundations must focus their efforts. Even individuals with only limited money must decide whose charitable campaigns to contribute to and whose envelopes to toss. As a volunteer I cannot devote my time to every cause I believe in. So, while my poem is about a fantasy in which I have been granted the wish to end one world problem, there is a real sense in which people must try to make these choices every day. It is an agonizing choice with no easy answer.

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